Happy 4th of July!In celebration of the 4th of July the Haliaeetus have once again returned to us with a bunch of brand new permanent mutations.

AvailabilityThe Haliaeetus is instantly available for paid users, unpaid users have to own one before they can research them. They're a seasonal species so you can only generate from now until the end of this month.

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No need to go all crazy with the "Stay on topic" image at all - Just block the people who are spamming or annoying you in other ways.. Or if the case is severe and people really ignore it - then report them to support@ovipets.com..

Artists wantedWe're currently looking for artists for a new game in development. You should be experienced working with Adobe Photoshop and ideally interested in pet games. We also ideally want someone who will be able to continue working on this game in the future as new artwork will be added to the game on a steady basis.

If you're interested please send an email to careers@idztech.com. Please prove some information about yourself and samples of previous work.

(We'll be locking this post right away as it's not related to OviPets)

Happy Chinese New Year & Welcome Ovis!We're very happy to introduce the Ovis!

These surprisingly agile mountain dwellers love jumping around at the cliffs. They can be a bit stubborn and once they have their mind set on something they are sure to follow through. Once you've befriended an Ovis you'll have friend for life.

AvailabilityThe Ovis is instantly available to research for paid users, unpaid users have to own one before they can research them.

Other updates

Auction fee adjustmentWe're happy to see that the auction house is working very well! :)We have however decided to lower the auction fee to 30 Credits. Please note that the fee still might change in the future.

We're very happy to introduce the auction house! The auctions are global and everyone can see and (if you're a paid user) bid on them, not just if you're friends or part of the same group which will result in maximal exposure when selling pets. The auction house can be found in the upper right corner next to the adoption center.

Hosting an auctionAn auction can contain a maximum of 9 pets and costs 50 Credits to host. This fee might seem steep but to maintain a reasonable number of quality auctions we feel this is necessary. This fee might however get adjusted once we see how the auctions works out.

When creating an auction you can add a description which is searchable on the auction page. You can set a start bid, a buyout price and the duration for the auction. The buyout makes it possible for a user to instantly buy the auction lot at a set price and this is only available as long as no one has put a bid on the auction.

BiddingWhen placing a bid in an auction you enter the maximum amount of credits you're willing pay for the lot (which is not necessarily what you'll end up paying). If you are the current high bidder you can also increase your current bid. The system will make a transaction to reserve the credits you put in your bid and if you get outbid these funds will get returned.

This is an auto bid system and the current (winning) bid will always be the lowest possible calculated from the second highest bid or the start bid if there only is a single bid. Each new bid must be at least 5 credits over the current bid.

When the auction ends the different between the high bidder will get back the difference between the winning bid and her/his reserved credits and the auction host will get the winning bid.

Pets in auctionPets that are put up for auction are put in a reserved state where they can't be traded or breed with, nor can they be discarded or sent to the adoption center. And if they have less then 10 days worth of food they will automatically get feed for 10 days to make sure that they can't starve during the auction.

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Yeahhhh definitely not using it until the fee is lowered, I've ended up making back less than half of what I would sell them for normally, and that's just not good enough imo :P

Oh well, the AH is a bit of a chance game, isn't it? It's definitely a buyer's market in there;)Hope many of you have better success with your auctions! I'll be sticking to posting them in groups for the time being.

Time to have an up to 50% off sale on my projects to even out my losses! Posterssss, posterss, gotta make some postersss^_^

Various updatesThis is a major update where large parts of OviPets core have been rewritten to allow for future updates. This should (hopefully) in most parts not be noticeable at all.

We do however have some noticeable changes. :)

Removed character restrictions for non reserved user names.Reserved usernames will now get an icon before the name on the users feed page.

Removed edit tab in enclosures.Edits are now made directly in the enclosure and sorting is done by dragging the tabs.

Improved blocking.Blocking a user will make you and the blocked user unable to see each other's posts and comments. Blocking a user from a group will hide all posts and comments the user has made to that group.

Group admins can now lock posts made by the group.Locking a post prevents non-admins to comment on that post.

Hatchery presentations.

Colored and strike though text.Colored text is done by placing the desired color in the tag and the text between the "clr" tags: [+clr#ff0000]Colored[/clr+]And strike through is done by placing the text between the "s" tag: [+s]strike though[/s+](Remove the plus signs)

New Permanent Canis Mutations!As some of you so deftly observed, a few mutations for the Canis where forgotten in the Winter Mutation Release! These have now been added and they're new permanent mutations, so no stressing over these :)

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Happy Holidays!!In some parts of the world the snow is deep and the darkness comes early, in other parts people are getting ready for barbecues on the beach - but no matter where you are - we hope you're getting ready for the happiest season of all! :D

We're so very excited to welcome back our much loved Rangifer!

This year we have some brand new mutations for a number of our species, like the Canis, Vulpes, Lepus, Equus & Draconis! And all our old favourites have of course returned! :D

AvailabilityAll of these mutations will be available for 3 full weeks for all user who's researched Level 5 of the species in question, so until the 3rd of November! Please enjoy! :)

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Happy Halloween!We're really excited to welcome back our beloved Chiropy! Now once again available to generate and with a bunch of brand new permanent mutations!

AvailabilityThe Chiropy is instantly available for paid users, unpaid users have to own one before they can research them. They're a seasonal species so you can only generate them for 3 weeks from now (until the 11th of November).

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Halloween Mutations!Our always popular and ever so creepy Halloween mutations are of course back! With an addition of brand new ones for the Equus, Haliaeetus & Chiropy! They will remain with the Chiropy until the 11th of November.

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Welcome Canis! Since the first news post filled up in a flash and we're soon ready to start generating the first Canis, we thought we needed another one to share some of the excitement and not least to show off some of those pretty new pets!

Please be polite towards your fellow players, don't spam, not with ads or pets, stay on topic and don't use it to advertise groups, giveaways or similar but let's keep it for discussion and shared excitement for our newest species, thank you! :)

There should be some people that researched the lap dog head mutation last night when research was completeas you reveal new mutations in the lab could you please PM me with the lab picture and the info on it (where it is, research cost, splice cost blah blah) I will put the mutations on the species and post the pictures here :)

Also if you would like to let people know you can splice the lap dog head or any of the other new mutations, I can post that for you as well, along with free breeds etc ^^

Thankyou to tarzipanblitzinger and Wilkie for sharing the lab pics and info with me!These users and Singing Electricity are able to splice the first mutation on level one (the lapdog head) for PAID MEMBERS ONLY and tarzipan and Wilkie will be able to splice the curly tail tomorrow.Please do not beg these users for free splices!

I will have level 2 researched in 22 hours this means I will be able to generate canis for 13cI will probably post another mutation update the day after tomorrow ^_^

Big thankyou to all of the users that have given away the new species, and/or have let unpaid users borrow themand thankyou to the unpaid users who have been decent people and returned the loaner pets back to their owners promptly and without a fuss! We lend the new species out for people like you :D

Please PM me with any new mutations as you discover them, for now I am off to bed, and I leave you with some pretty eggs that I have adopted or bought from other users ooooooh

Can people that have been researching PLEASE PM me the urls for the pictures of the mutations in the lab so that I can post them on the canis here - I cannot put them on canis from a screenshot or whatever, I need the lab pics to do it.I need urls for the following mutations:pointy ears, blaze lapdog head, bi-colored lapdog head, solid lapdog head, solid body, triangular ears, solid head, bushy tail, wavy thin tail, tipped wavy thin tail, curled tail, fluffy tail, solid legs, short legs, all of the long heads, chest fur, spaniel earsANDanything that comes *after* any of these mutations that I have not mentioned :)

Sorry this is all I have time for before my computer restartsIf you want to see what several of these mutations look like on a canis, I can do project mockups (they look good, I promise XD) I charge 30c for up to 5 mutations on a pet and 10c per extra mutation :)

Anyone that opens up new mutations from today onwards, please PM me the lab pictures so that I can put them on the pets and post them hereresearch and splicing info, as well as where they are on the tree would be great as well ^^

I will update in batches as I can only post so many times, maybe we should all ask them to put another post up :P

Happy 3rd Birthday OviPets!The past 3 years has been absolutely fantastic, an exciting journey with You, our lovely players whom has helped immensely with turning our beloved OviPets into the game it is today. Thanks to your input and suggestions, OviPets is constantly evolving and that is so amazing!

We'll be celebrating today by releasing some new, permanent mutations for the Catus and the Haliaeetus!

Make sure you check out those updated mutation trees! :D

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Happy 4th of July & Welcome Haliaeetus!We're so very excited to introduce our newest limited species, the majestic and iconic Haliaeetus!

We sincerely hope you'll love this amazing species as much as we do!

AvailabilityThe Haliaeetus is instantly available to paid users and will remain available to generate all the way to the end of July, in celebration of 4th of July! Unpaid users do have to own one before they can research this species.

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New Mutations!We're really excited to unveil some brand new mutations for the Macropus and the Equus (and a solid head for the Catus got mixed up in there too ;) )! We hope you'll enjoy these lovely mutations as much as we do!

Happy Easter Everyone!!We're really happy to be able to give you a batch of brand new Easter mutations, bring back the old classic Easter mutations and naturally bring back the beloved Lepus!

AvailabilityAll limited edition mutations are instantly available on level 5, and they'll remain available along with the Lepus all throughout April.

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FREE STUFF! Do not sell eggs or offspring you get as a result of breeding with my pets please

I have a bunch of male pets up for free breed including LEPUS. Please like the pet before you send breed requests, otherwise your breed will be aborted.

I have the following pets with easter mutations up for free breed, again, please "like" the pet before you send breed requests.

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For unpaid users I can do splicing in return for mass breeding -please PM me for details.I can splice LE catus, lupus, lotor, rangifer and vulpes mutations, as well as the new lepus dino tail for the cost of the splice :) No tips required!

If anyone has ready to hatch vulpes or lupus with nice colours, please let me know, I would like to get another couple of males to put new mutations on and put up for free breed for everyone :)

please read my info tab if you are going to send me a friend request :)

I have a new pet with easter mutations up for free breed please remember to "like" ANY pet before you send the breed request otherwise your request will be abortedPlease also read the info tab if you want me to accept your friend request :)

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Please be patient! I am often unwell or busy, and at the moment I am also working on getting easter mutations onto my projects ^^

New Vulpes Mutations!We're really excited to unveil the 4th mutation tree for the Vulpes! We hope you'll enjoy these lovely mutations as much as we do :)

Stay On Topic!Please don't force us to lock this thread too by going off topic. We really want to know what you users think of the news we post, which is why we don't allow off topic discussion, please honor this wish so we can continue announcing news this way.

So please stay on topic, this post is ONLY for discussion of the new Vulpes mutations, not for suggestions, sales posts, giveaways, group advertisements or anything else. Thank you! <3

well enjoyed talking about the new mutes with u guys!!! i will be making a few projects for users for free!!(specialy with sea monster mutes and the cat mutes)If u might want one go join one of my really known groups cuz when im done reaserching im starting on projects!!!thankies btw!!!